FCC fines carriers $200 million for illegally sharing user location
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The FCC issued nearly $200M in fines against AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon for selling customers’ real-time location data to aggregators that resold it to third parties without valid consent, despite known safeguard failures and delayed program shutdowns. The action cites obligations under Section 222 of the Communications Act; Verizon and AT&T stated they plan to appeal, arguing the decision misstates facts and law.
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